This project was actually done in the fall, but I was having some technical issues with my website. I think I have that all worked out now and wanted to share more details about this project. I initially thought I would only teach this to the advanced group. However, after trying out an adapted way […]
I normally don’t do Day of the Dead projects, but I decided to give it a shot this year. We started by reading a cute book, The Dead Family Diaz. It was light and humorous with great illustrations. We started out by drawing our skulls on black paper with white oil pastel. We painted the […]
I wanted to start this session off with a project that is fun and not too difficult. This was just perfect! We started off by reading the book Arlo Needs Glasses by Barney Saltzberg. It tells the story of how Arlo can no longer play catch; the ball keeps hitting him in the face. Arlo […]
At least once a year, I like to do a self portrait project. If I do one at the beginning of the year, we might be able to fit another one in at the end of the year and see how they have changed and improved. Students had a mirror to look at themselves. We […]
We did self portraits last spring, but I really like to have students do one or two a year. It is so fun to see their progress. There was a little grumbling when I said we would be doing self portraits again, but I think they were all impressed with how much they had improved. […]
We spent the last two weeks in class working on self portraits. I purchased self standing mirrors so that each student could observe themselves while drawing. This was the first time we have used mirrors to do self portraits. I could really see the difference. We drew our portraits in black crayon and then painted […]
My 6th grade and up class has been working on portraits in the style of Klimt. They drew these in pencil, painted them in watercolor, and then added gold tempera paint and Sharpie marker. I love the effect of layering gold over the watercolor. Several students are still working on their portraits. Hopefully, I will […]
For the last couple of weeks, we have been learning about Gustav Klimt, the Viennese artist famous for his Art Nouveau paintings of women. Klimt used lots of pattern and lots of gold in his paintings. We began this project by reading Klimt and his Cat. Then we drew our ladies on colored paper. We […]
I knew this project would take some time, but the recent snowy weather didn’t help. After working on them for one last class, I decided to send them home. Even unfinished, though, I think they turned out great. They came up with some great patterns in their squares.
I haven’t posted about my 6th grade and up class in a while. They have been working hard on their Chuck Close grid portraits. This project takes a lot of time but provides a lot of learning value. We first read about Chuck Close and looked at his work. I had taken pictures of each […]
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